Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Martin Beck, who received their academic education in Tübingen, Germany (Doctor in Social Sciences in 1994 and “Habilitation” in Political Science in 2001), is Professor in International Relations and Security Studies in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH). Martin, who currently serves as Professor in Politics of the Middle East at the University of Marburg, is also affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and is an Associate of GIGA (German Institute for Global and Area Studies). They have previously worked as researcher, academic teacher, and political advisor at universities, research institutes, and think tanks in Europe (Tübingen, Hamburg, Bremen, and Odense), the USA (Denver, Colorado), and not least in the Middle East (Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq). Martin’s research covers international politics and political economy, in particular studies on regional power relations, the Arab–Israeli conflict, regional oil politics, rentier states, securitization policies and migration policies. Martin has published their work in pertinent journals and with renowned publishing houses. For more details see their profile at ResearchGate und Google Scholar. Martin is on Twitter: @martinbeck23.

• International and regional Oil Politics

• Arab Spring

• Regional Politics and Regional Powers in the Middle East

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

• Middle East (esp. Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria)